Battles
The first major engagement of the Civil War
What is Bull Run? Manassas?
This document freed all slaves that were held in rebelling land after 1863.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The eyes and the ears of the army. Mounted on horseback.
What is the Cavalry?
The Confederate soldiers typically wore this color uniform.
What is Gray?
The largest Battle in the Civil War?
What is Gettysburg?
A key turning point in the Civil War, took place July 1-3, occurred in the Eastern Theater.
What is Gettysburg?
This document made slavery illegal in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
These are generic army units, they make up most of the army.
What is the Infantry?
The __________ Army used black soldiers after the Emancipation proclamation for the rest of the war. The ________ never used black soldiers during the war.
Union, Confederates
The largest single day of fighting in the Civil War.
What is Antietam?
This successful siege gave the Union Control of the Mississippi River.
What is Vicksburg?
Who does Lincoln nickname Mars?
Edwin Stanton - Secretary of War
This unit of the army was responsible for using heavy guns like cannons!
What is the Artillery?
The President of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
States with slavery that decided to stay in the Union were called _________ states.
What is Border?
This campaign destroyed the South's ability to make war by sweeping from Atlanta to the Georgian coast.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
Lincoln's right hand man and Secretary of State.
Who is William Henry Seward?
The Union General was an excellent organizer, but was overly cautious and overestimated confederate military size.
Who is George B McClellan?
Who is the Union General at Gettysburg?
Who is George Meade?
The battle in which Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson dies.
What is Chancellorsville?
After this battle Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
What is Antietam?
What is Lincoln doing in the Gettysburg Address?
Dedicating the Battle field as a Cemetery
This soft lead bullet flattened out and stayed in the body. This lead to many fatalities.
What is the Minie Bullet (ball)
This man was famous for losing the battle at Fredericksburg and also for having a distinct facial hair named after him.
What were the names of the first ironclads?
The Monitor and the Merrimack